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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1947
Page
7
A double ring ceremony at Beation Lutheran Church on June 21 joined Alma Havens and LeRoy Kile with Rev. Harold N. Stoffel officiating. Attendants included Mrs. Jeanne Davis and Orville Kile, flower girl Cynthia Kay Havens, and ushers James Havens and Steven Kolcinski. A reception for 150 followed the three oclock ceremony at the bride’s parents home.
Rev R M Meyer performed Lutheran marriage vows at St Pauls church Wilton June 19 for Betty Jean Grosskopf and Edwin C Starch attended by 10 in two oclock nuptials. The Wilton bride and La Crosse groom daughter and son of Mr and Mrs Martin Grosskopf Wilton and Mr and Mrs Fred Starch Coon Valley stood with attendants at an altar setting of bridal wreath yellow and lavender iris during nuptial selections by Mrs Arthur Kuester organist Dana Lenser Beverly Midthen and Marlene Murtaloch. The bride wore a lace trimmed white slipper satin gown long train and veil of tulle held in orange blossoms mother’s pearls carried white carnations and ferns. Margaret Gloede maid of honor aqua with matching headdress Dorothy Bluske and Margaret Jahnel bridesmaids carried pink carnations. Mary Lou Johnson flower girl in long white dotted Swiss with colonial bouquet and Benford Lenser ringbearer in a blue and white suit carried a white satin pillow for the ring.
Patriotic wall decor in red poppies and blue accents features Daniel Webster quotes. Size 18 by 16 inches. To obtain transfer pattern Pattern No 5392 send 15 cents and 1 cent postage plus name address and pattern number to Anne Cabot Tribune 530 South West Chicago IL.
Valborg Veum married Orvel M Treangen at Riceford Lutheran church with Rev. E Borg-Breen officiating. Music by Ila Krome. attendands included Henrietta Veum maid of honor and siblings as bridal party. A reception for 50 followed at the bride’s parents home as the couple plans to reside in Mabel.
Madison items advise preparing ready to use sandwiches by freezing bread and fillings. Mrs. Linnea Dennett notes most breads freeze well and outlines wrapping and heat sealing for storage. Cheese meat egg yolks and fish freeze well while raw vegetables and fruit jellies do not.
Independence Wisconsin residents Mr and Mrs Andrew J Pientok celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with a Mass at SS Peter and Paul Church a family dinner a Club 186 gathering and a purse of silver. The couple married at SS Peter and Paul Church with attendants Frank and Julia Pietok Verna Marsolek and Clarence Marsolek. Their four children Edward Marian Arthur and Aaron live at home. The Pientoks farm in Swede Valley practices soil conservation and raises purebred cattle and hogs.
In Viti Levu clans assign totems such as snakes or crayfish. Snake clan members abstain from snakes. Kasere, who ate snakes, faced illness in his family after mating with a snake clan wife. Crayfish clan allows eating only with skin on. peeling prompts punishment of visitors. War dances persist as old customs with no intent for new conflicts.
At the American Legion auxiliary meeting in Lansing on Tuesday evening Martha Barthell was elected president Leone Powers named vice president Ella Smith secretary Margaret Anderson treasurer Cleone Munchoff historian Marie Helle chaplain Leona Aschom sergeant-at-arms with past presidents Mildred Kehr Katharyne Feuerhelm Ethel Gaunitz Alma Fredrickson and Lola Aschom as board members.
A kitchen tip says adding a pinch of salt to the frying pan before cooking bacon stops grease from spurting. The method is simple and widely cited in domestic guides for safer frying results.
Ardelle Jandt married Floyd F. Schroeder Tuesday evening at St Pauls Lutheran Bangor vows were read by Rev Stuehr. The bride a La Crosse State Teachers College graduate wore lace trimmed chiffon and satin. Attendants included Mrs Charles Barnes and Miss Helen Wittmershaus. The couple greeted 175 guests at a reception and plan a northern Wisconsin honeymoon before settling in Bangor. Schroeder is an army veteran employed at the Chips locker plant.
Beatrice Elizabeth Roberts of Bangor and La Verne F. Roberts of La Crosse wed Thursday in a double ring Presbyterian ceremony at Mindoro church officiated by Rev. E. W. Griffith. The groom works for Standard Freight Lines and they will reside in Hokah. A dance followed at the Log Cabin ballroom in Bangor.
Ready made curtains show selvage edge. Trimming the selvage and adding a narrow hem improves hang and neatness.
Doris Curran of Minneapolis and Thomas Kinney of Onalaska were married June 21 at Trinity Methodist Church in Minneapolis. The couple plans to enroll in the McPhail College of Music after a short honeymoon and will reside at the groom’s family home.
Miss Ruth Instenes was honored with a coin shower at the John Instenes home in North Beaver Creek. About sixty guests attended, with hostesses Mrs. Eugene Herreid and Mrs. LaVerne Knutson among others. She will marry Ralph Lippert of Milwaukee at North Beaver Creek Lutheran Church Thursday at 3 p.m. The event drew out of town guests from Detroit and Keege Harbor Michigan and Blair.
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